I think you'll like them, and I know they'll like you. Especially now that I've told them, and they'd better be nice or else
It's all right, for now anyway. It's frustrating and, yeah, I do feel a little like I'm taken for granted. I think it's also in part because they're stuck in their ways and not wanting to hear about new ides, especially ones that come from Indonesia. With a few of the healers here, there's a bit of an attitude that we're the epitome of magical medicine, so what would we have to learn from 'backward' cultures?
I'll admit that sometimes I go 'on' because it's instinct, it's trained into me so it's hard not to - and it's not just with you, but with my other friends too. Maybe it's also a good sign that I'm in the right field. But the thing with friendship is sometimes people need us to be there for them, and sometimes we need them there for us. Those times aren't always at the same time though.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that it's okay if you could use a little more support now because maybe there will be a time when I'll need some too, and you'll be feeling better and can be there for me, if you want to. That's what caring for someone is all about, isn't it?